The Bilderberg group has published a list of participants for its meeting this week in Copenhagen. We find, among the attendees:

– Several state officials and monarchs such as the Queen of Spain and the Princess of the Netherlands;

– Prominent figures of the oil industry like the Royal Dutch Shell CEO and BP’s Group Chief Executive;

– Representatives of the banking and finance establishment including the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank, the TD Bank Group CEO, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, the Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece, the CEO of HSBC, Goldman Sachs’ Chairman, Managing Director of the IMF

– Members of the media, i.e Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, the Chief Economics Commentator of The Financial Times, Director and Executive Editor of Le Monde;

– Members of the intelligence community and military, including NATO’s Secretary General and the head of Britain’s’ Secret Intelligence Service. Overlapping functions in military, intelligence and finance, e.g. General (ret) David Petraeus now with KKB specialized in leveraged buyouts.

Participants exclusively from Western Europe (incl Hungary and Turkey) and North America. Two token participants from China, Huang Yiping is currently Chief Economist of Emerging Asia for Barclays,

Several prominent members of Bilderberg who will be in attendance are not in the list.

“Founded in 1954, Bilderberg is an annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, between 120-150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; approximately one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields.

The conference is a forum for informal discussions about major issues facing the world. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed.

Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights.

There is no desired outcome, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.” See www.bilderbergmeetings.org